Top 10 gaffes in presidential campaigns

September 27, 2012

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10. Al Gore inventing the Internet. (2000) Vice President Al Gore was locked in a tough primary race against former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley when he spoke to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer. Ticking off his qualifications for president, he noted, “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” Gore indeed had been an early proponent of the Internet. But his misstatement became part of a damaging image of the Tennessee Democrat as a serial exaggerator. (Photo Aug. 10, 2000. TOM MIHALEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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10. Al Gore inventing the Internet. (2000) Vice President Al Gore was locked in a tough primary race against former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley when he spoke to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer. Ticking off his qualifications for president, he noted, “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” Gore indeed had been an early proponent of the Internet. But his misstatement became part of a damaging image of the Tennessee Democrat as a serial exaggerator. (Photo Aug. 10, 2000. TOM MIHALEK/AFP/Getty Images)